Hirosaki Castle Size:S - 30x40cm | 11.8x15.7" this piece exemplifies the perfect

this piece exemplifies the perfect balance between detailed observation and artistic interpretation

distinguishing it from ordinary Japanese posters

the period's most celebrated portraitist known for his intimate depictions of beauty

while a lone figure beneath an umbrella introduces a human scale without disrupting the stillness of the scene

Hirosaki Castle Size:S - 30x40cm | 11.8x15.7" this piece exemplifies the perfectby Yoshida Hiroshi The castle does not announce itself. It emerges slowly through a curtain of weeping cherry branches, pale walls and dark rooflines glimpsed between cascading blossoms: present but partially withheld, as if the season itself has chosen what to reveal. Hirosaki Castle in Aomori prefecture is one of Japan's few remaining original castle structures, and one of the country's most celebrated hanami sites. The weeping cherry trees that